Oscar nominees' one degree of separation

McConaughey - Bullock

Sandra Bullock, an Academy Award Best Actress
nominee for "Gravity," and Matthew McConaughey, a Best Actor nominee
for "Dallas Buyers Club," are seen in the 1996 film, "A Time to
Kill."

Many of this year's Oscar contenders have
worked together on other films, meaning the classic "six degrees of
separation" are, in most cases, down to one - which begs the question: For
whom will they cheer the loudest on Oscar night?

By CBSNews.com senior producer David Morgan

Credit: Warner Brothers

Bullock - Cooper

"Gravity" nominee Sandra Bullock with
Bradley Cooper (nominated for Best Supporting Actor for "American
Hustle") starred in the 2009 comedy, "All About Steve."

Credit: 20th Century Fox

Cooper - Roberts

The following year, Bradley Cooper ("American Hustle")
appeared with Julia Roberts - a Best Supporting Actress nominee for "August: Osage
County" - in the romantic comedy, "Valentine's Day."

McConaughey - Cooper

Cooper - Lawrence

Bradley Cooper ("American Hustle") and
Jennifer Lawrence (nominated for Best Supporting Actress for "American
Hustle") also co-starred in David O. Russell's "Silver Linings
Playbook" (2012), and reteamed in the upcoming "Serena" (left).

Credit: Chockstone Pictures

Lawrence - Fassbender

Jennifer Lawrence ("American Hustle") and Michael
Fassbender (a Best Supporting Actor nominee for "12 Years a Slave")
were among the mutant cast of "X-Men: First Class" (2011), and will
be on screen together again in 2014's "X-Men: Days of Future Past."

Credit: 20th Century Fox

Fassbender - Hawkins - Dench

Michael Fassbender ("12 Years a Slave") played
Rochester in Cary Fukunaga's 2011 film version of "Jane Eyre," which
also featured two of this year's Academy Award-nominated actresses: Judi Dench (a
Best Actress nominee for "Philomena"; and Sally Hawkins (a Best
Supporting nominee for "Blue Jasmine").

Credit: Focus Features

Dench - DiCaprio

Judi Dench ("Philomena") starred as the mother of
J. Edgar Hoover, played by Leonardo DiCaprio ("The Wolf of Wall
Street") in the 2011 biopic, "J. Edgar."

Blanchett - Dench

Blanchett - Pitt

Cate Blanchett ("Blue Jasmine")
starred with Brad Pitt (an Oscar-nominee this year as a producer of "12
Years a Slave") in the 2006 drama, "Babel."

Credit: Paramount Vantage

Pitt - Hill

Brad Pitt ("12 Years a Slave")
starred with Jonah Hill (a Best Supporting Actor nominee for "The Wolf of
Wall Street") in the 2011 sports drama, "Moneyball." The
two also provided voices to the 2001 animated feature, "Megamind."

Credit: Columbia Pictures

Hill - Coogan - Adams

Jonah Hill ("The Wolf of Wall Street") appeared as a security guard in the 2009 comedy, "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," whose cast also included "American Hustle"'s Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart, and, as a tiny Roman centurion, Steve Coogan (an Oscar nominee for the screenplay of "Philomena").

Leto - Hawke

Jared Leto ("Dallas Buyers Club"), far
right, starred with Nicolas Cage as arms dealers in the 2005 film "Lord of
War," whose cast also included Ethan Hawke (left), an Oscar nominee for his
screenplay for "Before Midnight."

Credit: Lionsgate Films

Hawke - Cuaron

Ethan Hawke ("Before Midnight"), Gwyneth Paltrow,
and Alfonso Cuaron (a Best Director nominee for "Gravity") are pictured
on the set of "Great Expectations" (1998).

Ejiofor - McConaughey

The first major film role for Chiwetel Ejiofor ("12
Years a Slave") was the 1997 Steven Spielberg drama, "Amistad,"
opposite Matthew McConaughey ("Dallas Buyers Club").

Credit: Dreamworks

McConaughey - DiCaprio

Matthew McConaughey ("Dallas Buyers Club") played
a mentor to the stock broker played by Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Wolf of
Wall Street."

Credit: Paramount Pictures

DiCaprio - Dern - Hill

Leonardo DiCaprio ("The Wolf of Wall Street")
was joined in the cast of Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" by
two of this year's Oscar nominees: Bruce Dern (a Best Actor contender for
"Nebraska"), and Jonah Hill ("The Wolf of Wall Street").

Credit: Weinstein Company

Hill - Squibb

Jonah Hill ("The Wolf of Wall Street") starred in
the 2008 comedy, "Just Add Water," which also featured June Squibb
(below), a Best Supporting Actress nominee for "Nebraska."

Credit: Bleeding Hart Films

Squibb - Pitt

June Squibb ("Nebraska") played a housekeeper of Anthony Hopkins in "Meet Joe Black" (1998), which also starred Brad Pitt ("12 Years a Slave").

Credit: Universal Pictures

Pitt - Roberts

Brad Pitt ("12 Years a Slave") made a cameo appearance in George Clooney's 2002 comedy, "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," which featured Julia Roberts ("August: Osage County") and Sam Rockwell.

The only acting nominees this year who do not share a single degree of separation from other nominees are Barkhad Abdi ("Captain Phillips") and Lupita Nyong'o ("12 Years a Slave"), who were both nominated for their film debuts.